Question

The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second. What is this speed in scientific notation?
18.6 × 105 miles per second
1.86 × 105 miles per second
186 × 103 miles per second
0.186 × 106 miles per second

Answer 1

it is 1.86•10

Answer 2

The second one

Answer 3

yes

Answer 4

For another time....scientific notation must be between 1 and 10...

Answer 5

The number on the left side

Answer 6

you put you decimal after the first number....
1.86000.....then count how many spaces there are till the end of the number...and that would be 5.....so your answer is 1.86 x 10^5